5 reasons why the Bills should not pursue Le'Veon Bell

The Buffalo Bills are poised to have a big offseason in 2019. That’s what the plan’s been all along.

With nearly $57 million in dead cap hits against their current salary cap in 2018, a penalty the Bills incurred while releasing or trading players, the Bills didn’t have much space to make move this offseason.

Next offseason, those penalties are mainly gone and general manager Brandon Beane will have nearly $84 million to spend.

So what do the Bills with all that dough? According to speculation, former Pittsburgh Steelers’ running back Le’Veon Bell is a player that’s been linked to the Bills.

But is a player like Bell really worth it for the Bills?

Here are five reasons why signing Bell would be a mistake for Buffalo:

Already have Shady

Starting with the most obvious reason. The Bills shouldn’t sign Bell because they already have a star running back in their backfield in LeSean McCoy. The Bills had their opportunity to make room for Bell at his year’s trade deadline. They could still have a chance this upcoming offseason, but at the 2018 trade deadline, McCoy’s former team were reportedly among suitors interested in the 30-year-old back. Still, Beane never pulled the trigger. In addition, he went on to exclaim that McCoy is very much still in the team’s plans for 2019.

McCoy’s dead cap hit does drop down from $11.5 million in 2018 to only $2.6 million in 2019, however, he’s a team captain, liked player in the locker and with the fan base, and McCoy hasn’t been the problem this season. Maybe he lost a step or two, but as he showed against the Jets prior to the bye week, if you give me just a bit of help, he can still play. Guys like Shady and Bell just don’t share a backfield, either.

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